Hi, I agree with blending your home in with your neighbors. If it fitted, I would have the roof tiles cream or peachy cream or peachy terracotta and the trim tiles preferably sandstone (which shouldn't cost too much), or same as roof. Paint the drainpipes a cream colour that blends more into the brick. If you can, paint the guttering to match the roof. Paint the wooden awning to match your windows or repaint all of them, including eaves,white. The undereaves could be painted a peachy cream. Repaint the door white or preferably, a stronger peachy cream (if it suits inside). Later on, paint out or render the dark bricks at the base of the house to match the cream brick or roof; or sandstone clad if you sandstone the trim. The sandstone as trim would enrich the house and make it more tactile. As the wooden deck matches your blinds, leave as is but I would make a new front step the width of the path. A longer step would give a more modern relaxed look. The fashion is for charcoal and it can work wonderfully on the right house but it has to be the right house and the fashion will change soon. Best to limit your upkeep costs so keep your brick as is. You like the wooden colour blinds as you have done inside and the white roses, so peachy creamy colour would blend well with them and the brick and make the house very welcoming and graceful. Best of luck.

I'd go slate..if you're going to go light render..it will contrast nicely.. light roof tiles tends to date.. cloudpants the second house look gorgeous..

Not sure what light shade is on the roof at the moment. Have always done white or a shade of white while living around Queensland. It made a huge difference not having to use air-conditioning or fans as much. Because you already have dark brown walls penetrating heat, I would have a light colour on the roof. White reflects heat. Considering winter is not very long, I would choose a light colour as there is more heat most of the year. You can get roof paint coloured, maybe in a white with a hint of oyster. Blues are in, so if you like blue, maybe colour the gutter in very deep dark ocean blue. Don't like blue, so maybe dark grey on the gutter. Maybe then paint 2/3rds of the brown walls and leave some original brick walls as features.

usually but ask your builder